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Mambas In The News

The Memphis Lady Mambas would like to congratulate Zaire Hicks (2017- White Station) on being named a McDonald’s All American nominee. Its an amazing honor to be mentioned in this high caliber of players and we are proud to see your hard work being recognized.

Surina Finnie (2018- Power Center Academy) has been putting up impressive numbers all season so it was only a matter of time before she cracked the 30/40 point club. Surina proceeded to drop 45 in a win against MASE on 11/29; look for her to put up huge numbers all season .

Toni Green started the season off right after hitting the game winning 3 point basket, one of her 4 on the night, to help her Lady Panthers defeat a scrappy Center Hill team. That basket was selected as the Brims Clutch Play of the Game; she also was named Gatorade Player of the Game after she finished with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Keep it up and make sure to get out to support the Bartlett Lady Panthers this season.

John McGraw, of Insider Exposure, was recently in town to cover the Patosha Jeffery Fall League. Patosha Jeffery has the longest running Fall Exposure League in Memphis and is always very well ran. Lots of talented players were in the building and a few Lady Mambas were included in the write up. For a full link to the article click here

Burnell Wesco, SME, released his top 40 in each graduation class of Mississippi. Lady Mambas/ Olive Branch center Katie Blackmon was #33 and Lady Mambas/ Desoto Central guard Kealy Wilson was #24 in the 2018 class. Katie and Kealy have had a great summer and will look to build on that during the school season.

Coach Hemi Summer Showcase was held in Ashland, KY last weekend. The showcase featured over 80 players from 8 different states and was broadcasted on thesuvtv.com. Jonathan Hemingway, assistant director of scouting for jumpoffplus.com, provided analysis for the camp. Hemingway full analysis is available here

Zaire Hicks – (Olive Branch, Miss.), Memphis Lady Mambas – 2017
Hicks has a handful of offers from schools in the Southeast, but it is apparent that she is not ready to end her development. She made a 10-hour drive to the Bluegrass State to prove to evaluators that her game continues to evolve. Her ability to attack the lane was well documented last summer at the EBA Super 64 Camp. In this performance Hicks proved that her jumper is far from a weakness. She hit jumpers off the bounce and even hit a few from beyond the stripe. Her athleticism and willingness to work point to more success in the future

(photos courtesy of Patosha Jeffery)

Congrats to Lady Mambas Danielle Conley (Craigmont), who recently signed to Lewis & Clark, and Lindsey Whiteside (Northpoint) on being selected to the 2016 TSWA All State team. The full list is available here.

Lady Mamba Suzanne Dease will continue her playing days at Belhaven for soccer. Suzanne overcame a traumatic knee injury to join the 500 rebound club at Memphis Catholic. Congratulations Suzanne on your achievements.